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Oracle JDK is no longer included by default in Ubuntu’s repositories due to licensing. OpenJDK is default now but many apps still don’t play nice with it. This is why I installed Oracle JDK. I’ll walk you through the process of installing Oracle JDK 7 on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Precise Pangolin, the easy way. For this we will use the “install oracle-java7-installer” package from “WEBUPD8”. The “install oracle-java7-installer” package from “WEBUPD8” will download the official binaries from Oracle and install the JAVA 7 JDK, JRE and browser plugins on your machine....

Well, it was meant for the Samsung Galaxy S III but [Valcho][2] from XDA decided to export Flipboard from his Samsung Galaxy S III and share it with the world instead. Thanks . [Google Currents][3], you have catching up to do. 😀 [Grab it here.][4] | [QR][5] via [XDA][6] [1]: /wp-content/uploads/2012/05/2012-05-09-20.30.13.png) [2]: http://forum.xda-developers.com/member.php?u=2471312 [3]: http://www.google.com.my/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=google%20current&source=web&cd=1&ved=0CGYQFjAA&url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.google.com%2Fproducer%2Fcurrents&ei=NGWqT6XGFofR4QTXrOyDCQ&usg=AFQjCNElmISOVomkgXcXJkj5Q4cqn-wNpQ [4]: http://forum.xda-developers.com/attachment.php?attachmentid=1050223&d=1336554337 [5]: http://chart.apis.google.com/chart?cht=qr&chs=250x250&choe=UTF-8&chld=H&chl=http%3A%2F%2Fforum.xda-developers.com%2Fattachment.php%3Fattachmentid%3D1050223 [6]: http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?p=25866075#post25866075

Had a few documents to scan to PDF urgently today but to my surprise all the cybercafes around my neighborhood didn’t provide scan to PDF service. The best they could do was scan to jpeg. Hmmm…why? Thanks to Linux I had a solution. Scan the docs to jpeg, then convert the jpegs to PDF using imagemagick. Worked like a charm. Here’s how, on my Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Install the imagemagick package if you don’t already have it....

Yup, tickets for the first show sold out and now Russell’s got a second show on. Location , seating and pricing remain same but oddly the second show (11th May) is scheduled a day before the first show (12thMay). Funny! 😀 Show details: 1st Show: 12 May 2012 , Saturday 8.30pm Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam 2nd Show: 11 May 2012 , Friday 8.30pm Stadium Malawati, Shah Alam Tickets will be availalbe through [TicketPro][2] and [Redtix][3] starting 10am on Saturday 28th April 2012. ...

Good news, you can now start applying for the free [Transformer Prime TF201 GPS Extension Kit][2] . Head over to the [ASUS VIP members portal][3] and follow the [steps][4] provided by ASUS or as seen on the screenshot below. *The offer will expire on 31th of July, 2012 (PST) ...